Word: latters
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Prince Saionji's latter years, which he spent almost entirely at his seaside villa at Okitsu, the naming of each new Premier -he has advised at least 15 times-revolved around him. About five hours before the resignation of a Premier, Saionji would be notified. His private secretary would arrange a through telephone wire to Tokyo. In his tatami mat room the old Prince would sit apparently just listening to the waves in Kiyomi Bay. He would confer for a time with the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal; then meditate some more. Finally he would pronounce a name...
...Japanese Government is in the hands of extremists. One faction-the Army group-wants to seize the prize of the Indies; another wants to overthrow the Emperor and seize power for itself. Foremost among the latter is a dark character named Colonel Kingoro Hashimoto, who has been involved in enough shady operations to give several firing squads employment, but who has never been punished with anything but words...
...during the last few months, Kingoro Hashimoto has sat still as a spider, spinning a web of revolt with his subtle talk. He brain-trusted Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoye in the latter's return to power, and was one of the eagerest agitators for the dissolution of the old political parties...
...almost everything that it takes to fight a war. She lacked meat, wheat, oil, coal, sugar. Her chief sources of income-shipping and tourists-were no more. Her best customer of wine, olive oil and tobacco was Germany. Only Turkey and Great Britain can help her, and the latter has its hands full helping itself...
Nearly three-fourths of the churchwomen answering the Council's questionnaire wanted women to serve on church boards, have more representatives. A scattering thought women should serve only when there was a shortage of men. One-sixth were opposed to their sex holding church office. The latter group's reasons: tradition (said a Baptist: ". . . positively undignified and altogether unsuitable"), a feeling that the Lord's Supper would mean less if administered by a woman...